---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer Protection - Credit Report Security Freezes - Notice and Fees"
description: "Consumer Protection - Credit Report Security Freezes - Notice and Fees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 202"
citation: "Maryland SB 202 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commercial Law - Consumer Protection", "Consumer Protection", "Credit", "Electronic Communication", "Fees", "Fraud", "Identification", "Notices", "Postal Service", "Reports", "Time"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-17"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/518bce3f-0a77-4be3-b564-52a5f13eed92"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB202&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
source_hash: "ea197c9a22fed2f2ed23f02f6ddd576ab12cf1dbd115341510a96da8910de257"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland SB 202 (2018) — Consumer Protection - Credit Report Security Freezes - Notice and Fees

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0202f.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **101–37** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lee — primary (person)
- Astle — cosponsor (person)
- Benson — cosponsor (person)
- Feldman — cosponsor (person)
- Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
- Guzzone — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Kelley — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Klausmeier — cosponsor (person)
- Mathias — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Pinsky — cosponsor (person)
- Reilly — cosponsor (person)
- Rosapepe — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Zucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-17** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2018-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Favorable with Amendments {177577/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2018-03-15** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
- **2018-03-15** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Favorable Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Second Reading Passed
- **2018-03-29** Third Reading Passed (101-37) `passage`
- **2018-03-30** Returned Passed
- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 677 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/518bce3f-0a77-4be3-b564-52a5f13eed92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).